Jiangshan Ji

My throat was dry and I didn't know what to say to break this awkward silence.

Mrs. Luyao was much more composed than me, she waved her hand to order the palace servants to retreat: "Look at your reaction, you should know everything about me and King Jin, right?"

I nodded, then shook my head again, "I know a little, not much."

Maybe it's because of my embarrassment at the moment, Mrs. Luyao looked at me with a hint of pity.I couldn't bear to be so pitiful, I avoided her gaze and hung my head in silence.

She sighed faintly, with a sad tone: "It turns out that Ah Yong hasn't told you yet."

never told me?

What should my husband, the former His Royal Highness King Jin, and the current Emperor Damin tell me?

Seeing that I was silent, Mrs. Luyao went on to say: "My father was a general under the late emperor's command. He was appreciated by the late emperor for his outstanding achievements. Later, my father was killed in the battle to calm down the frontier, and my mother heard the news , died in love, leaving me alone, lonely and helpless. The late emperor took pity on my life experience, and took me back to the Yuwen Mansion at that time, and took good care of me."

"At that time, Ayong was about the same age as me. We grew up together and had a very good relationship. Before Ayong was ordered to go to war for the first time, we made a lifelong promise to each other, and agreed that when he came back from a victorious battle, he would marry me. But, Not long after he left, one night, the late emperor got drunk, and mistook me, who was going to deliver sober soup, as a servant in the palace, and gave..."

The story behind is not difficult to guess.

Yu Wenjian, who was sober, found that he had raped his son's woman, but the big mistake had already been made, and if it was known to outsiders, what face would there be?In order to take the overall situation into consideration, he could only break up the couple Yu Wenchang and Mrs. Luyao, and bring the daughter of the former hero into the mansion.

Doing so not only saves Yu Wenjian's face, but also earns him the reputation of being the daughter of a hero who treats heroes kindly, which is beneficial and harmless to publicizing his virtuous name.

The story is not difficult to guess, but I am a little curious. At that time, when I found out that the woman I love has become my father's concubine, how will my husband, Yu Wenchang, react?Should he argue with reason, or should he acquiesce in everything and watch his childhood sweetheart become his mother in name?

No matter what kind of reaction it is, I don't want to see it.

Perhaps in my heart, I still can't accept that my husband was heartbroken for another woman.

Thinking of the painting that Shen Yanzhi gave me, I casually read two lines of poems on the painting: "The king is like the dust of the road, and the concubine is like the muddy cement; ups and downs have different forces, when will they meet and be harmonious."

Mrs. Luyao was taken aback, and asked, "Is that painting in your hand?"

I nodded and added: "It was sent by Shen Yanzhi."

There was a wry smile on her face, with a disappointed expression: "So he didn't accept it."

he?Is it Shen Yanzhi, or Yu Wenchang?

As if understanding my doubts, Mrs. Luyao went on to say: "Back then, not long after you married Ayong, I entrusted Yanzhi to deliver the painting to Ayong. The painting was drawn by him, and the words on the painting were written by me. The title, the combination of calligraphy and painting, is the testimony of our lifelong agreement when we were young. You know what happened later... I married his father, and he married you. This painting has always remained by my side, and I want to When he was there, I took it out to have a look. On that day, I heard that you were leaving Beijing to go south, and I wanted to see him before you left, so I took this painting as a token and brought it to him from Yanzhi."

Speaking of this, she paused for a moment, and said slowly: "But, he didn't come to see me. And that letter, the letter that I begged him to take me away, he didn't even look at it."

It turned out that what I heard in my sleep that night was true.Mrs. Luyao did ask Yu Wenchang to meet, but he refused.Why did you refuse the request of your former lover to meet? Is it for me?

I dare not think about it.

Because I have no confidence compared to the beautiful woman in front of me, Yu Wenchang will abandon her for me.I am afraid that everything is my own self-indulgence.

Besides, even if they didn't meet each other before leaving Beijing, what happened later?When we returned to Daxing Palace later, didn't they meet each other?

I asked questions that had been buried in my heart for a long time.

Mrs. Luyao looked at me with wandering eyes.

I thought she would not answer my questions anymore, but when I heard her speak, her tone was unprecedentedly cold: "Later, of course we met each other! When you were pregnant, we met every day, every night You bastard, didn't you notice it at all?"

Of course I didn't notice it at all.

At that time, I was completely satisfied that I was my beloved husband, and I thought that I was also the only person he loved deeply, but I actually made a big mistake.They cheated under my nose, but I was like a fool, watching like that, never doubting it!

No, in fact, I have had doubts, confusion, and many guesses.However, because he was afraid of facing the reality, he did not dare to check one by one.

After all, I'm just a cowardly and incompetent woman.

However, I want to know, how Yu Wenchang will feel when he sees me who is bearing children for him?Does he feel a tinge of guilt?Will he feel sorry for me?

Even if he had such thoughts at a certain moment, I can forgive him, right?

It was at that moment that I realized how scared I was of losing him.Even if it has been proven that he has been unfaithful to our relationship, I am still willing to make excuses for him.

Ordinary folk women find that their husbands are out for fun, and they still have the courage to propose a divorce. Even if they lose the support of their husbands and live in a difficult life in the future, they finally have their dignity as women.And me, what am I greedy for, facing such humiliation, still unwilling to leave Yu Wenchang?

Am I coveting the glory and wealth he brought me?Or, I'm greedy, can he bring me the peace and prosperity of Jianguo?Or maybe there are other reasons?

I was immersed in my own thoughts, completely unaware that Yu Wenchang had already entered the mourning hall at some point.

"What are you doing here?" he asked.

I came back to my senses, looked up at him, and then at Mrs. Luyao, with a suspicious expression on my face.

Is he asking me?Or, are you asking that woman?

He opened his mouth to speak, but was a step too late, Madam Luyao answered first: "I am guarding the late emperor with Huai Jin."

While she was talking, she was wiping away her tears. I really feel pity for her appearance like that.

Yu Wenchang said "hmm" without speaking to her, turned around, and put his arm around my shoulder, "Your filial piety, my father knows it, so you don't need to guard it in front of his spirit. It's windy at night. Go back and rest."

After that, he untied the cloak on his shoulders and put it on for me.He also touched my cheek with his hand, "Why is it so cold?"

I was a little annoyed that he intentionally showed his intimacy with me in front of Mrs. Luyao, so I tore off the cloak he just fastened, "Tonight I'm going to watch for the late emperor, your majesty is delicate and expensive, let's go back to the palace first."

When I brushed his face like this, Yu Wenchang's expression was naturally not very good-looking.

He gritted his teeth, lowered his voice, and gradually tightened his stroking on my cheek, "Come here, send the queen back to the palace!"

With an order, two palace men I didn't know came up to restrain me, dragged me out, and dragged me out.

Qinghe followed behind, shouting in panic: "Your Majesty, what's the matter? You should be gentle, and carefully hurt your empress!"

He was forcibly sent to the Hall of Great Achievement, and the door of the hall was slammed shut.Qinghe was blocked outside the hall and was not allowed to enter.

She knocked on the door anxiously, "Ma'am, how are you, are you okay?"

I managed to calm down and took a deep breath, "Qinghe, I'm fine, you go back and rest first, and come back to serve me tomorrow morning."

How can I be fine?

Those two palace men were so powerful, they pulled me hard all the way, my arms were almost broken, and I couldn't lift them up because of the pain.

Qing He is a loyal girl, I don't want her to worry too much, I said a few words to reassure her, she stayed for a while, and then went down.

Inside the magnificent Daye Hall, it was very deserted and there was no trace of popularity.If it wasn't for me standing here alive, I would really doubt that this place is a desolate tomb.

I don't like it here.I prefer the Lanling countryside, and I like that simple and rustic log cabin.That is the place where I have lived with my uncle for 15 years. It is warm and humane, unlike this palace, which has no emotion and is so cold that it can give birth to a chill.

I haven't seen my uncle for two years. Why didn't he reply to any of the letters I sent back to Lanling?Is he in good health, or is he still drinking like he used to?I really miss him.

Tears blurred my eyes, and I couldn't help it anymore, lying on the table and crying sadly.

The door of the temple was kicked open forcefully, and then closed forcefully again.

Looking up, Yu Wenchang was looking at me angrily with one hand behind his back, with a bad expression on his face.

A thunderbolt struck the sky, and I knew that a storm was coming.

I was a little afraid of his appearance, rushed to the door of the temple, and shouted loudly: "Open the door, I want to go out, open the door quickly!"

There are palace attendants outside the hall, but no one came forward to open the door for me.They stood there silently, turning a deaf ear to my call, as if blocking all sounds in the world.

I am so silly.

They are from the Min Palace, they only obey the orders of the Great Min Emperor, how can they care about me, a princess of the Jiang Kingdom who lives under the fence?

I was angry and sad, my voice was hoarse, and I didn't even want to look at Yu Wenchang.

He strode over and dragged me onto the bed, holding me firmly with both hands, making me unable to move.

His tone was extremely fierce, "Do you still look a little like Empress Da Min?"

I didn't answer his words, I just waved my arms indiscriminately, and in the chaos, I waved to his face, causing him to be slapped.

He obviously didn't expect me to beat him, his eyes were red with anger, and he looked terribly frightening.

Actually, I didn't mean it, but I couldn't explain it to him right now, I just repeated a sentence: "I want to go home! I want to go home!"

He shouted loudly: "This is your home, where are you going back?"

I cried out of breath: "I want to go back to Jianguo! I want to go back to my own home! I want to leave you! Uncle, save me!"

He rushed over, held me down, and grabbed my neck with both hands, "You are my man in life, and my ghost in death. Where are you going? Where can you go?"

I was almost out of breath, but he didn't let go, he still pressed me viciously: "Say, where are you going? Where are you going! Tell me! I'll let you tell!"

He looked like he was crazy.

I closed my eyes and gave up struggling.

It's good to die like this, right?

After an unknown amount of time, in a trance, he had the illusion that his thoughts had left his body, his whole body was light, and when he thought he was about to leave this world in the next second, he suddenly let go.

Breathing fresh air suddenly, I coughed violently and my face flushed.

I thought he was kind enough to let me go, but he tore my obscene clothes with his backhand and said fiercely: "You are mine, you can't go anywhere!"

What followed was endless torture and crushing.